Swimming in a fresh water pool at the base of a cascading waterfall is what we all imagine we would find in paradise. On Maui, follow the old Hana Highway and you will find such a place – Wailua Falls. This plunging cascade of clear water is the inspiration for our Limited Release Wailua Wheat Ale. This golden, sun colored ale has a bright, citrus flavor that comes from the tropical passion fruit we brew into each batch. Sit back, relax and enjoy paradise anytime.

Looks golden with a slight tint of almost a green aura when poured into a mug; medium head and spotty but sufficient lacing. Very light bubbles rising to the top internally.

The aroma is immediately noticed, and a candy-colored swirl of vibrant fruits enters the senses and consumes the nose. Not too strong, but definitely very present.

The taste of this beer immediately spreads all over once sipped. A mix of citrusy passionfruit, guava, and even some remnants of papaya are noticed. The extremely unique mixture of flavors sits on the tongue for a long time before diminishing. After my first sip, I instantly knew I REALLY liked this beer. It's like nothing I've ever had.

Mouthfeel is slightly lower than the other aspects, as I find the taste of the beer is more quality when in a constant flow rather than sitting around idly. Drinkability is medium-to-high and clearing a 6'er of these would be easy, and fun as well.

Overall this is one of the most unique beers I've ever had, at least in the semi-fruity category, and I would love to drink some of these while sitting on the beach in Hawaii.

I bought this bottle in Atlanta in April, and after 1 month in the refrigerator I'm drinking it on my deck on a beautiful sunny day. The beer is murky-hazy yellow with a thick white foam. The smell is sickly fruity, I guess passion fruit from the label description. The taste is likewise sweet and kind of tropical, also malty and easy-drinking spicy wheat notes. Overall OK but not a beer I want more than one of.

Having visited the brewery on the Big Island a few times over the years, I try to send a few bucks Kona Brewing's way every time they serve up something new. Not generally a fan of the fruity beers, once summer rolls around a sixer of Pyramid Apricot and a sixer of random (like this one) find their way into the cart. Another reviewer talked about beers that suit the atmosphere, and this is one of those hot summer days over the grill, time to cool off with something you can guzzle beers.

S - I was surprised by how forward the passionfruit is. It's not as apparent in the taste, however.

T - After some initial fruit, mostly on the citrusy side, the wheat/malt take over. Another reviewer felt that as this beer warms up and opens up, its appeal diminishes -- I agree.

D - This is a novelty beer that suits a particular atmosphere -- definitely not one to throw into the regular rotation.

Presentation:12 oz. brown long-neck bottle with colorful label stating "Limited Release." This deceived me, as I soon found out it was only a Seasonal - not a Limited (there is a big difference.) On the label, a girl is bathing in a waterfall. She seems to tease me with her back turned, reminding me that I am not bathing in a waterfall in Hawaii like her. This is not a good start to a beer...Bottled On Date: 03.04.09

Visual:Poured smooth and thin for a very clear, golden-yellow body with faint orange hues; strangely clear for a wheat ale. A very thin white head dissipates before I can finish the pour and leaves minimal-to-no lace.

Aroma:Wow. Surprisingly pungent (though I shouldn't be surprised by how much the label talks it up) of tropical fruit. Plenty of pineapple, pomegranate, apple, passion fruit, and citrus. A cereal/biscuity malt underlines the fruit and is followed by a faint skunk nose, reminiscent of a European lager. Faint yeasty esters comes through to the nose as well.

Taste:Unfortunately, weaker than in the aroma. Soft notes of pineapple and passion fruit tickles the front of the tongue and is followed by a grainy/husky wheat towards the back. The hops deliver citrus oils for a long bitter finish but are (again) paired with the fruity esters in the aftertaste. This brew has a slick/oily mouthfeel and a very thin body. Very minimal carbonation provides compensation for such a lackluster in the mouth.

Overall:For a wheat ale, this is a bit too much like a lager, both is body, mouthfeel, and flavor (especially that overwhelming grain). The passion fruit, promised in the label, needs to be stronger in the mouth to match the nose.

However, this would be a great pre/post dinner drink or something to sip while cooling off after a hot summer day.It would probably be best paired with glazed ham, Hawaiian kabobs, fruit, or anything served at your summer office luau.

Aroma is a dry wheaty base. Follow-up of some berry-ish fruit. Mild but nice enough.

The taste is some nice sour fruit on the front. Sweet berry on the back end. The sourness makes the sweetness bearable. Has some characteristics (heavy berry) of a malternative, but the sourness and bready base save it.

The feel is milky and fizzy. Really dry on the back end. Nice substance. A refreshing wheat beer, better for it to be drunk than for it to be analyzed.

Generally not one of my favorite producers, couldn't pass up the "limited release" and "brewed with Passion Fruit" on the label.

Dark gold clear color with a nice white head. Nose is the winner on this one. Smells like Passion Fruit shampoo! Very pleasant and elegant.

Mouth feel is thin, as are the flavors and finish. A bit like "strong water" this one. Not bad; just not good. Perhaps a pleasant summer beer when you want something more than water to quench your thirst. Pretty weak and thin all around.

12 ounce bottle, with bottled on dating on the lower front label. Pours washed out hazy light golden amber, loose short lived near white head, that leaves just a smidge of spotty lace. Sweet super charged fruity nose leads to an equally fruity summer brew. Notes of sweet tropical fruit, with a mild mouth coating element of moderatly drying hops. Bring on summer, head for the tropics and enjoy a few bottles of this fruity warm weather brew

Pours a lightly hazy golden into a pint glass. Thin white head doesn't linger at all, leaving only a light ring around the glass.

Smells like a lager in a sense, and with a bit of wheat on the nose, though the guava/passion fruit is a bit too overpowering, reminding me of a can of P.O.G. Fruit flavors dominate the taste as well, cloaking any other flavors and finishing with tingly citrus followed by an abrupt dryness.

Once accustomed to the fruitiness the beer drinks quite easily and would likely not offend a 3 year old, thinking it's her Juicy. And the Passion Fruit seems a better match than the imitation orange flavor of Blue Moon for example. Still, an odd beer, and given the lackluster appearance and smell this would be quite refreshing directly from the bottle in the Hawaiian sunshine.

Looking for a fresh refreshing warm weather beer and decided to gamble on this one. But, alas, it just doesn't do it for me. The passionfruit is just too strong, noticeable as soon as you pop the cap. Pours a light golden color with a trace of head. Taste is a bit icky sweet, the passionfruit just powers through. If the fruit had been more subtle I think I would have really enjoyed this one.

This is actually better than I'd expected, but it doesn't do a lot for me and is quite simple.

Gold and bubbly, it has a thin, bubbly white head soon vanishing to thin wisps and leaving no lace.

The aroma is passionfruit or guava juice and nothing else, but slightly odd smelling.

The taste is fresh passionfruit and 7-up with basic grain (like a basic pale lager) coming on in the finish. It is lightly sweet but generally rather dry. It is not too dry, though, and the passionfruit flavour (also reminiscent of guava juice) tastes fresh, clean, and pleasant and does not come acorss as cloying or artificial or chemically. It lacks complexity and degrades a bit over time, but only slight and overall it's decent and rather refreshing, and pleasant. It also is a bit different from other beers.

Pours a nice golden / honey color with lots of little bubbles and an almost no-existent head. Really rather pretty. The aroma is a bit fruity, smells like mangos or papaya; the exotic tropical fruits. I could hang with perfume that scent. Doesn't taste near as fruity as it smells - the after taste is a little like watered down fruit juice. Doesn't really taste a lot like beer - more like juice and ginger ale. Not too bad for a hot day, around the bbq, and hanging with friends shooting the breeze.

Draught: This one pours a crystal clear orange tinged golden color. There was a small white head on it that left a little lacing. The aroma is a bit fruity, but not overly so. I believe it to be mangoes. The taste is good, if unexciting. There is a milder wheat body with a bit of the mango flavor. Like the aroma, it is not overdone. A very clean and refreshing beer. Very good on a hot day.

What can I say. This beer was unique and exciting and those are qualities I look for in a beer.Both my boyfriend I weren't quite sure what to make of it at first, but after the first couple of sips of it's sweet seductive magick we were under it's spell.I (we) only rated this a 3.5 for appearance, we both poured our beers into frosted glass and his had a head on it whereas mine did not. His glass was narrower than mine so I attribute it to that. Both bottles tasted the same. I look forward to having it on tap (if any of the bars or distributors local to me get it that way.)I'm going to help myself to another...

Pours a cloudy light golden with a thin white head. Not much in the way of retention, but a decent laceing. Aroma is of sweet fruit. Nice but a bit weak.Body is light with some carbonation. Taste is of tropical fruit and candy. Refreshing. This is a great Summer beer!

Pours a clear, pale yellow straw with no head. Nose is slightly tropical and with whispers of wheat poking through but not in an overpowering way. Palate is clean and smooth, light-bodied, and almost crisp. The flavor of the passion fruit is subtle and welcomed. A little citrus note too.

Not a very complex beer by any means, but a really refreshing flavored wheat beer. Will do really well in the warmer months and would not mind having a couple on a really hot day.